Published March 19. 2016 09:00AM
Army Pvt. Shawna N. Welsh, daughter of John and Adriana Welsh of Barnesville, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. She is a 2014 graduate of Mahanoy Area High School.
Welsh completed nine weeks of training that included studying the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and other core duties of a soldier.Upon completion she reported to the Defense Language Linguist School - Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California, to begin her intensive training as a cryptologic linguist for the United States Army.
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